The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-17
GOTHAM'S WHITE SLAVES.
THEY ARE BEGINNING TO SNOW IN
TEREST IN THEIR OWN CASE


TEREST IN THEIR OWN CASE
Encouraging Signs for Those whs seek to
Improve tho Coalition OF Working
Women-Another FIFTY Cent y Day Trade
More suite brought Against Otto Borxe.
An unexpected effect Of The SUNS ex-
posture OF the denominations practised In the
name Of competition by the avaricious manu-
facturers and tho slop- shop pirates who steal
their profits from the helpless sewing women
of the tenoments instead OF getting thom in a
legitimate fashion from their customers. has
been the arousing Of interest among tho
women themselves which will DO valuable
assistance to tho public sentiment which is boz
ginning to demand for societys sake. as well
as for the sake OF tho women themselves, some
reform in the conditions OF life imposed upon
these slaves and their families.
1t has been the universal experience that tho
women themselves. from their isolation and
from the depressing effect Of hopeless and con-
tinual toll. were the very hardest of all to in
terest In any movement to improve their own
condition. Since THE Sun begun it's tours
among the slave quarters, however. those who
have devoted themselves to the cause OF Che
women report many signs of the development
OF an unexpected spirit of hope, il not Of inde-
pendence, among the women.
The number OF complaints entered at the
office OF the Working Women's Protective
Union at 10 Clinton place by women whose
employers, after getting nine-tenths of tho
product OF tho womens labor by cutting down
the wages, have tried to grab the other tenth
been permitted to earn. is increasing These
complaints como from all classes OF women
workers.. but the cases presented by the
tenement house sewing women are invariably
The. leaders in the PythaGoras Hall move
mn fNpf pf1nf ion Cffh n
that The SUNS work has greatly aided them
by making the women feel rs though their en-;
by bringing into the movement an unexpect.
eddy large number OF the more oppressed OF
the women workers.
work into which The Suns Investigations ex-
tend there is found FRESH confirmation OF its
women Of the teneme nts is not over fifty cents
for fifteen hours work. and this no matter
what tie work whas the Of skin re-
aG,making line. branch in which one would
think the competition would not be 80 tre-
ton wages IS to employees. BIT LOUISE Eenner
who was at los Broome street. but is now in
eS apsce 20
ing classes by the competition Of the inmates
story Of Mrs. Michael Malone. who lives in the
rear Of 224 Hudson street, In . miserable and
Shirt ironing is mo work" she said. an it
used not to BIO bad when We was getting
nnd 70 cents apecs but they got To- sending
has has g come H down iii now they're " only
q. to cents apiece and nd sometimes; , maybe
often an often H. less All the factories pay
III aasn e essr sh how ss Sh vs
A Sun reporter walked for five minutes
street is not at all the usual thoroughfaro for
the slop-shop slaves. nor Is 1t q peculiar centre
shs save In as
walk:
~. RssHsa.sss men .ps two sas @
nnshed his shoulder and each bent unt
ss: ns q. sa 1 .ss Rs
'et m nSia s @Ra iosd q Svapso.
woman with a package of vests and an air of des
pt slop.hcp show S Window with garment. marked
Which cost Is seni mt, to make and7' cents for material
An sIpr.ss wagon from wam,eursn piled high with
Of
so thin that she wa. nearly frossn A' AA'
Another express wagon with trousers:
Front
Double those numbers. leave out the Williams
children Carrying siop-shop bundles. and It
would be true statement OF what could be
seen almost any nve minutes In the day near |
Tompkins square. or in the narrow streets |
along the Bowery near Chatham square. A |
stranger would think that op-shop sewing |
was the chief employment Of the people In |
those neighborhoods, and II tho stranger sx-
pIored the dark, foul heights and depths OF the !
tenements along the streets he would know |
that he had thought about right.
Otto Borge OF 1863 East Tenth street. pas.
manufacturer, who has alread y had |
one free advertisement in THE sun. needs an
other, Three more girls have, applied to the
Working Women's Protective, Union for aid in
are Hettie Flyntz OF So South Fifth street.
BROOKLYN. who says he owes her 1886; Annie
get 1910, and Sophie Mshak Of SO Spring
street, who wants $3.50. 1t is reported that
some thirty girls whom he owes are unable to
get their pay, and that frequently so many Of
them gather about his doors that they attract
not only by their numbers, but by |
their evident distress. Borga has disappeared,
but his wife Is said to keep up the business;
against him by the union. and II he can be
found he will have to pay 1t or 60 to Jail.